EASTERN ILLINOIS (9-16, 6-12 OVC) vs. Southeast Missouri (9-15, 7-11 OVC)
Thursday, Feb. 25 • 7:30 pmÂ
Charleston, Ill. • First Mid Court at Lantz Arena
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SERIES RECORD: SEMO leads 33-31
LAST MEETING: @SEMO 75, EIU 44 on Jan. 30, 2021
GAME 26
Eastern Illinois wraps up the regular season this week as the Panthers will host Southeast Missouri and UT Martin. The Panthers swept the season series with Murray State with a road win on Thursday night. EIU then beat Austin Peay on the road on Saturday night marking the first time in school history, EIU has won both games on that weekend road swing. EIU sits at 9-16 overall, 6-12 in the OVC. Two wins in the final home games would lock up a trip to Evansville for next week's OVC Tournament. Southeast Missouri sits a game in front of EIU in the hunt for an OVC Tournament bid after they won two of three last week to move to 9-15 overall, 7-11 in the OVC.
ANOTHER BIG NIGHT BY SKIPPER-BROWN
Jordan Skipper-Brown continues his stretch of monster games for the Panthers as he posted his second straight double-double on Saturday night at Austin Peay. Skipper-Brown had 15 points and 11 rebounds in the road win. He has scored in double figures in three straight games averaging 16.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game over the last three contests. He shot 72.4 percent from the floor in that stretch. The senior added a block to his season total on Saturday as he has 24 blocks this season to rank 8th in the OVC.
MACK SMITH JOINS OVC CAREER TOP 10
Mack Smith knocked down 5-of-5 from 3-point range on Saturday at Austin Peay finishing with a season high 22 points. It was the seventh time in his career Smith has hit five or more 3-pointers with a career-high of six in four different games (most recent Dec. 2019 at Milwaukee). In the game Smith moved into a tie for 10th on the OVC career 3-pointers made list with 251. He needs three more to move up one spot to ninth with Todd Babington (Austin Peay). Smith is third on the EIU career 3-pointers made list behind Henry Domercant and Dave Olson. Earlier this year he set the NCAA record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer made at 91 games, his streak ending on Jan. 14 against Morehead State.
UP NEXT
Saturday, Feb. 27 vs. UT Martin, 4 pm (ESPN+)
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